Using the LATTICE MODIFIER in Blender!
In today’s video, we’re going to talk about how to use the lattice modifier to modify different shapes inside of Blender!
LATTICE MODIFIER BLENDER DOCUMENTATION LINK
docs.blender.org/manual/en/la....
So this tool is basically designed to help you deform your meshes based on a lattice that’s being used as a control cage. In the simplest way of describing this, you’re drawing a cage around your object, linking your object to the cage, then adjusting the cage, which will also adjust your object!
This can result in some very interesting shapes or deformations of your objects.
Start - Add a lattice object
Make sure your object sits completely inside your lattice if you want the whole thing to be affected.
Note - adjust lattice using the lattice settings
The more detailed your lattice, the more control you have over your shape.
Add a lattice modifier to the object you’d like to adjust - link it to the lattice object. More about vertex groups in a minute
Now, if you tab into edit mode, you can adjust the individual points of the lattice - adjusting the lattice also results in deformation of your base mesh.
Can move, rotate, scale, etc.
Let’s talk a little bit about lattice detail and object detail. The ability of the object to deform is driven by the detail of the geometry. This means that an undetailed object will only deform based on the vertices in the object, while a detailed object has more geometry to work with, kind of like working with the displacement modifiers.
Cylinder Example, sphere example
Vertex Groups
Proportional Editing
0:00 - Video Introduction
0:24 - Lattice Modifier Introduction
0:32 - Adding a Lattice Object
1:09 - Adding a Lattice Modifier to an Object
1:37 - Assigning a Lattice Object to the Lattice Modifier
1:53 - Adjusting a Lattice in Edit Mode to Deform Objects
2:17 - Rotating and Twisting with the Lattice Modifier
2:40 - Adjusting/Adding Detail to the Lattice
3:10 - Scale Adjusting the Lattice
3:30 - How Model Detail Affects Lattice Modifier Results
7:04 - Using Lattice Modifier with Detailed Shapes
8:50 - Using Lattice Modifier with Proportional Editing
10:11 - Applying a Twist with the Lattice Modifier and Proportional Editing
10:40 - Showing/Hiding the Lattice
10:50 - Applying the Lattice Modifier Changes
11:30 - Using Vertex Groups with the Lattice Modifier
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Hi everyone! Let me know if you have any questions about the Lattice Modifier in the comments below! :)
@n01z3
4 жыл бұрын
i have a question thats not blender related so much but i really always wonder if your mascot in your videos "default dog" is reference to the doggo in your channel image, i do like it as appose to the default cube we all tend to murder
@Studio85.
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this!! I have been trying for days to taper a roll cage into a vehicle design and this helped me in less than 4 minutes. You Rock!😎
Awesome content by showing systematically different examples which are only minimally different. Makes it very easy to understand. Thank you!!
I can't believe I have not been using this! It is going to save me so much time. Thank you for another well put together tutorial. You explain stuff really well.
Just now getting more into leveraging the Lattice Modifier tool. Extremely useful tool! Thanks for the tutorial.
I've seen many tutorials on latice modifiers, but this is by far, the best. You take it slow and explain each step very clearly. Your voice is very clear so it's easy to understand what you are saying. Many tutorials, unfortunately are hard to follow since some only give you bad background music and no verbal instructions on how to proceed. Excellent video! Thanks!!
Man, I have no idea how you don't have more views. Direct and clear explanations. College course tier WORKING explanations for people. Great videos.
As always, great tutorial! Thanks! The part about the vertex groups was exactly what I needed to know! Thank you! :)
@TheCGEssentials
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
thank you so much for making this video! really helpful, and you make it easy to understand and follow along to. i appreciate it.
Very good explanations - I really like your short tutorials!!!
Excellent. Clear. Thorough. Practical. Recent. Nice work.
@TheCGEssentials
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Appreciate it. Trying my best. ;)
Thanks, Justin! The Lattice is a very powerful tool!
Great video to understand the function of the lattice tool. Thanks to producer!
Best video on lattice modifiers I have found. Subscribed!
@TheCGEssentials
3 жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard!
your tuts in blender modifires benifeted me alot thx a lot for the effort
Thank you for sharing this, it really help me while working on my commercial projects.
I use the lattice for animation by moving the object in and out of the lattice. Plus Shapekeys. I didn't know about the vertex group to only effect some of the object and I haven't worked with proportional editing. So thanks for the additional info.
Excellent work! Thank you very much
Very helpful and easy to understand, thanks
Thank You! Helpful and clear explanations. Cool.
@TheCGEssentials
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you. This was so informative.
Cool, taught me a few things I didn't know :) very useful
Awesome way to teach. Thank you :)
I feel bad for the dog. It is like:OOOOH MY GOOD. My leeeegs!
thank you so much! very useful!
Thanks this seem to be a very usefull modifier! :)
thank you so much to explaing it so well😊
Great tutorial,l thanks!!
Thanks a lot. Lo explicas muy bien.
thank you so much! great tutorial for a beginner with great examples
@TheCGEssentials
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@WypukEST
3 жыл бұрын
Just left one thing: get to know when it can be handy :D
thanks, clear, precise and very usefull!
@TheCGEssentials
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for this. great to modify amorphous objects evenly.
@TheCGEssentials
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
A new one to me. Great!
After one year searching finally found. Equal of boxedit in 3dsmax. Finally I can move into blender easily. THAAAAANK YOU.
@TheCGEssentials
2 жыл бұрын
This was the tool holding you back?
well done clear Best wishes
Great stuff thank you
Very kool modifier. thanks
@TheCGEssentials
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it!
you're a blessing 👏
@TheCGEssentials
Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
Very good tutorial
Thanks very useful
I can understand How it works, but I would have liked seeing it used in a few work flows to get a better idea of When to use it
Very cool thank you
@TheCGEssentials
2 жыл бұрын
No problem!
Thank you!
nice explained i like your work thx for you engagement thumb high
very cool
nice video man, thanks!
@TheCGEssentials
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
Thank you!!!
Excellent!
@TheCGEssentials
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
Awesomeness
Thanks!
Instructive.
awesome
I wish I knew about vertex groups while designing my spaceship. I had to use multiple lattices linked to multiple objects making up pieces of my wings, hull, etc. Great tutorial.
@TheCGEssentials
11 ай бұрын
Well now you know! :)
you are great.
@TheCGEssentials
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
Crazy. Blender = best 3d software ever.
thank you
@TheCGEssentials
3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
can I deform just a part of shpere (only selected vertex) with lattice deformer.
Good tutorial for people who need exactly this but, new guys to blender, don’t waste time doing lattice every time you need to do simple deformations, use just proportional editing, then you will understand in what cases comes this technique in handy
Great tutorial! You can also make one on animating with the Lattice Modifier using the AnimAll addon if you haven't done so far...
@TheCGEssentials
3 жыл бұрын
I'll have to check this one out
How do you select specific vertexs and apply lattice to them?
Thank you for the video! but I have a question, how to make it so that to attach and deferment using this item some part of the model and not the whole model, as shown in the video
great
Is it possible to have a lattice parent/follow an object and at the same time deform another object to replicate collision/interactive scenery? I suppose to have it work in a similar way to magnet modifiers in poser
About vertex group. Lattice don't need to be the same size like group that it affect, lattice could be the size of the whole mesh? Thanks!
whats that addon you have a above CAD transform?
The only reason I never used this tool was because I didn't know I had to actually create a lattice first.. Blender still needs some more intuition implementing because if I put a lattice modifier on an object, I would assume a lattice would be automatically placed on the bounds of my object. I feel like I've wasted so much time not realising this extra step
Cool, thanks for this video, but what the difference between Vertex groups about Lattice and Vertex groups about mesh ?
@onjofilms
3 жыл бұрын
There is no difference. Vertex groups are just that, groups of vertices.
Thanks for tutorial but I wish they made this process much simplier like maya. Click the object, click add lattice modifier, done. It seems like a lot of extra steps they make you do in blender that I dont understand why. Regardless cool tutorial!
Which button to scale the lattice?
thx
@lucutes2936
3 ай бұрын
thx again
and what is if the object is not in aligned to the grid any longer?
I have the issue that when I make my object and then apply the lattice box how its done in the video, that the object moves to another location and shrinks. What am I doing wrong?
@TheCGEssentials
3 жыл бұрын
Had you scaled it and applied the scale before applying the modifier?
@5minutemovies977
3 жыл бұрын
try to select your object and hit Control + A to apply all the transforms, see if it fixes it.
when I object select my Lattice. it pushes the geometry outside of the lattice some. any idea why that might be the case please?
@TheCGEssentials
3 жыл бұрын
Have you applied any rotation and scale you used on your object?
@k_DEDb07
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheCGEssentials yes I had. the problem was that I was scaling the Lattice in Edit mode. scaled in Object mode and working great. thanks a lot 🥳
on 3d max is used to make glass, crazy, believed blender can do the same
How do u remember how to do all this 🤔
Your dog became a Sighthound
Do you have a tutorial on how to make this dog? I'd love to have him! :)
@TheCGEssentials
2 жыл бұрын
Start Here - kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJ6LmNRqYLDSodY.html
As thorough as you were, I thought you would cover shape keys as well.
@TheCGEssentials
3 жыл бұрын
Ok?
@onjofilms
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheCGEssentials - You asked for a comment on what I thought, and that is what I thought.
@TheCGEssentials
3 жыл бұрын
@@onjofilms Ok
i can use this to model the female legs i believe i have to see
Looks to me like this could be an alternative to bones.
@senhor6863
3 жыл бұрын
nope, maybe for simpler stuff it can indeed be faster and faster than bones but it would never work as a alternative...can it even be animated in first place?
Audio didn't come in until after 0:16 into the video
@TheCGEssentials
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the heads up!
the fact that you need a 13min tutorial for a simple lattice modification tells enough about the GUI of blender
@TheCGEssentials
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you had your mind made up way before the tutorial
@EliasLeo6
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheCGEssentials not really, was genuinly hoping I was a big dummy for doing something wrong. It ends up it actually is that hard
Can a lattice modifier be used on a rigged character?
Is not workung
I never managed to use this tool. My lattices never acts like in videos, like it should normally act. That's why I'll never use lattice
this is way too many steps compared to 3Dmax, my god
@TheCGEssentials
8 ай бұрын
Add a lattice object, add a lattice modifier, reference the lattice modifier is too many steps? I literally added one in 10 seconds. Everything else is just how you can customize the lattice...
Unhappy dog, that only they did not do with it.
poor dog
I’m not understanding shit rn I hate it here lmao
@TheCGEssentials
Жыл бұрын
You might want to start somewhere simpler then - kzread.info/dash/bejne/qpN52M6aaMSxcbQ.html
A really practical content